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OpenClaw: Large Telegram Media Can Deliver Successfully but Report Failure, Triggering Duplicate Retries

Large media can exceed the 10-second CLI-to-Gateway RPC timeout. The gateway may still complete the delivery, while the user receives a Media failed error.

📋 Issue Summary

Large media can exceed the 10-second CLI-to-Gateway RPC timeout. The gateway may still complete the delivery, while the user receives a Media failed error.

A False Failure After Successful Delivery

Large media can exceed the 10-second CLI-to-Gateway RPC timeout. The gateway may still complete the delivery, while the user receives a Media failed error.

Retries Create Duplicates

A false-negative failure message invites a retry. When the first media item did deliver, that retry creates a duplicate and turns a timeout-reporting bug into a delivery-integrity problem.

Acknowledgement Is Not Delivery

A short RPC timeout should not be treated as a definitive delivery failure. Systems need durable states that distinguish queued, accepted, delivered, and failed work.

Idempotent Managed Delivery

Managed messaging should use durable acknowledgement and idempotent retries so delayed confirmation cannot create duplicate outbound content.

⚠️ Critical Assessment

P1 — A 10-second CLI-to-Gateway RPC timeout can label a successful large-media delivery as failed, causing duplicate retries and damaging delivery integrity.

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Last updated: June 30, 2026. Published by the gobii.reviews Editorial Team.